Welcome Back, Doritos
A couple weeks ago, I was eating chips with some of my friends when another kid from the hall walked into the room and asked for some food. We offered him Doritos and he said "Oh, I try to avoid MSG." This comment sparked many subsequent conversations about MSG and how it's bad for your brain and increases your appetite. I thought to myself,
hey, I've been eating MSG, transfats, high fructose corn syrup and all sorts of other horrible things my whole life, I'm probably already doomed, but I guess I can try to curb my doomedness a little, so I stopped buying Doritos. Well, I was just making a nutrition bulletin board for my hall (I hate you, RA bulletin requirements), and I was about to list MSG as something to avoid, but I decided to do some research first. I found
this government article and it turns out there really isn't that much evidence to say that MSG is bad for you. I'm sure it's not great for you, but, basically.... WELCOME BACK TO MY LIFE, DORITOS! (I will still avoid all transfat and high fructose corn syrup though, the evidence there is overwhelming... and yes, I will limit my doritos intake... Like dad always says (and anyone smart), most things in moderation are ok).
Posted by lib at November 1, 2007 01:36 AM